Things came down to the wire in St. Paul on Saturday night (Nov. 16) as the Canadiens (9-5) beat the Lloydminster Bandits 4-3.
Playing out of the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League (NEAJBHL), the loss sees the Bandits (12-3) second in league standings behind the Vermilion Tigers (10-2).
Saturday's nail-biter was tied 3-3 until the final minute of regulation when St. Paul's Aiden Ma closed the door on a Bandits win with an unassisted goal.
Ma opened the scoring on Nov. 16 with a short-handed goal at 8:26 in the first. Teammate Conor Goofers scored to make it a 2-0 game with 5 minutes left in the opening frame.
Aiden Martens got the Bandits on the board on the power play at 12:45 in the second. Kelton McAuley made it a 3-1 game for St. Paul.
The Bandits came out firing in the third with goals from Adryan Bugiera and Ben Rawluk, tying the game 3-3. The Bandits held on until the 1:05 mark in the third, which saw Ma's game-winning goal.
The boys are in Onion Lake this Wednesday to take on the Border Chiefs. They are in Vegreville on Nov. 23 to play the Rangers and Vermilion on Nov. 27 to face the Tigers. The boys return to the Civic Centre on Nov. 30 to host the Wainwright Bisons.
Read more: NEAJBHL: Bandits blast Border Chiefs 20-1
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